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How sure can you be that the font you specify will be present on the end user's machine? This is the latest snapshot of the of the Code Style Unix font survey and should give you greater confidence in selecting a font.
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The most common Linux fonts
The most common font reported for Unix family systems are Matthew Carter's serif Bitstream Charter for X Windows and DejaVu Sans Mono, both at 90% frequency. These are followed by the monospace font Nimbus Mono L and cursive font URW Chancery L. The serif font Century Schoolbook L completes the five most common Linux fonts at 89% frequency.
Font survey statistics
These figures are the cumulative total of about 1 Linux survey submission per week since January 2004, 360 total. The average number of fonts reported per submission is 22 of the 57 included in the Unix font family survey sample.
| Font name | Installed (%) | Sample | Image | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitstream Charter | 90.00% |
|
Sample | |
| DejaVu Sans Mono | 90.00% |
|
Sample | |
| Nimbus Mono L | 89.17% |
|
Sample | Image |
| URW Chancery L | 89.17% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Century Schoolbook L | 88.61% |
|
Sample | Image |
| URW Gothic L | 86.94% |
|
Sample | Image |
| URW Bookman L | 83.61% |
|
Sample | Image |
| DejaVu Sans Condensed | 82.50% |
|
Sample | |
| URW Palladio L | 82.22% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bitstream Vera Sans Mono | 81.01% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Nimbus Sans L | 80.00% |
|
Sample | |
| Bitstream Vera Sans | 78.77% |
|
Sample | Image |
| DejaVu Serif Condensed | 77.50% |
|
Sample | |
| Nimbus Roman No9 L | 77.50% |
|
Sample | |
| DejaVu Sans | 76.00% |
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Sample | |
| Courier | 74.17% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Bitstream Vera Serif | 68.99% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Arial | 62.78% |
|
Sample | Image |
| FreeSerif | 62.00% |
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Sample | |
| Courier New | 61.94% |
|
Sample | |
| Utopia | 60.83% |
|
Sample | Image |
| DejaVu Serif | 60.00% |
|
Sample | |
| FreeMono | 60.00% |
|
Sample | |
| FreeSans | 60.00% |
|
Sample | |
| Helvetica | 57.50% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Times New Roman | 56.67% |
|
Sample | |
| Verdana | 55.00% |
|
Sample | |
| Arial Black | 54.44% |
|
Sample | |
| Impact | 53.89% |
|
Sample | |
| Georgia | 53.33% |
|
Sample | |
| MgOpen Canonica | 52.50% |
|
Sample | |
| MgOpen Cosmetica | 52.50% |
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Sample | |
| MgOpen Modata | 52.50% |
|
Sample | |
| MgOpen Moderna | 52.50% |
|
Sample | |
| Comic Sans MS | 51.94% |
|
Sample | |
| Trebuchet MS | 51.39% |
|
Sample | |
| Andale Mono | 50.28% |
|
Sample | |
| Fixed | 50.28% |
|
Sample | Image |
| Times | 48.33% |
|
Sample | |
| Liberation Mono | 47.50% |
|
Sample | |
These are only the top forty fonts, see the full Linux and Unix font survey results (about 100 KB) for a complete listing.
CSS font family resources
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Windows font survey and font survey results
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Mac font survey and font survey results
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Unix family font survey and font survey results
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- Sampler font code: Sampler.css
